EU Crafts Legal Boost For Sanctions Regime

Proposal Could Help Shield Sanctions Decisions from Legal Challenges

By

Laurence Norman and

Benoît Faucon

Updated March 25, 2014 3:15 p.m. ET

BRUSSELS—Europe's second highest court is proposing a major shake-up of rules that could help shield decisions about sanctions against countries such as Iran and Syria from legal challenges, according to a document seen by The Wall Street Journal.

The changes, which must be signed off by the European Union's national governments, would open a channel for member states, in special cases, to provide confidential intelligence to the...